"What I did was what any man would do, because the woman that was there was not my wife, she was every woman in Brazil.

"It could be your daughter, sister, mother or wife. At that moment it was my wife, Cris, who I have been married to for 20 years."

He added: "The media said a lot of things. My wife never had anything with Daniel, never mind my daughter.

"Rumours always get started but the truth will come out. I know I did what I did, I want everybody watching to think what they would do to keep the moral integrity of your family and help a small and fragile woman.